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Fun Horse Names for Our Thoroughbred Born on January 1st - He's Going to the Kentucky Derby. What name should this horse have?
Born First Run First - Perfect name for a horse we expect to win a lot of stake races
6%
Happy New Year Baby - With all the money this horse will earn, it's going to be a great racing year!
3%
Follow Your Elders - Born before the other horses, this is a perfect name for a leader on his way to the Triple Crown.
9%
Can Run From Day One - Born early and ready to race. Bring on the bed of roses!
17%
January's First - This guy will be first on that First Saturday in May when he crosses the finish line for the Kentucky Derby.
66%
Total votes: 35
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VARIES FROM TRACK TO TRACK
Most major tracks its 10k
A place like MNR "Nickel claimers" (5k)as their 2 tv hosts like to say.
Six ,two and even ...over and out
so bottom level Maiden Clamingt at Del Mar is 25K?
Sometimes they will run $10k claiming races for the bottom level horses. I'm not to sure what the bottom level is for the maidens but I do know that they have $10k's at the Southern Cal. tracks.
Bottom level maiden claiming in So Cal is 25,000. Basically, cheapest you can claim a maiden for at that track
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May they all come home safely!!!
The way I understand this statement is that the announcer is speaking for his track only. Others have it right and this is how I see it.
So, if the lowest claiming tag for maidens at Del mar racetrack is $25,000, then this would be the bottom level for that track only. I'm sure this varies at other tracks. An understatement. It would have to.
Maiden Special Weight races are the best winless horses on the grounds. Maiden claiming of course is claiming races for winless horses, often the very worst of the horses on the grounds. Many tracks run 5000 Maiden claimers like Mountaineer, so usually Mdn5000 is the bottom level of the class rung at most tracks. I would assume that the price is a little higher in places like New York and California.
Years ago, in the fifties, in California ( excluding the summer fairs) they raced at Santa Anita, Hollywood Park, Del Mar, Golden Gate Fields, Bay Meadow and Tanforan racetracks. The same jockey colony went from track to track. The same horses too. Not like it is now.
Anyway the lowest claiming prices then at these tracks was $1,600 to $1,800 This was true of all of the tracks.
Now days, however, the classier southern California tracks have a much higher minimum than the lower rated northern California tracks.
This makes for a much higher degree of competition down south, compared to up north. So, the cheaper claiming horses from up north, for the most part, wouldn't be accepted in southern California.
Oh, they could travel down that far, but would have to enter in races above their class potential. I doubt if many trainers would waste their time and money. If they have trouble competing and winning in the lower level, they merely wait for the summer Fair season and try their luck there.